Basket liner



April 6, 1948. H. L. THIELE 'BASKEI LINER Filed April 27, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet l FIG. 2

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Patented Apr. 6, T948 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 BASKET LINER nazei L. Thiele; St. Louis, Mo. Application April 27, 1944,,Serial No. 532,926

2 Claims.

This invention relates to basket liners, and more particularly to flexible fabric liners for use in laundry baskets. In-ordinary'l aundry work, as when clothes are washed in the home laundry, they are generally deposited while still wet or moist in a laundry basket, and are later on removed therefrom for ironing. Unless such laundry basket is lined interiorly, it is apt to accumulate dust and dirt which is in turn transferred to the clothes, and moreover the clothes are likely to pick up splinters from-the basket.

It is the prime object of the present invention therefore to provide forms of washable liners for such baskets, the same being made of any suitable material, such as flexible 'oil-cloth, this material being cut and blanked out for forming up .and drawing together andsewing or stitching along properly located seams, so as to neatly and snugly fit within the basket, Whether the latter be round or oblong or of any other shape, the cutting and seaming of the material being preferably done so as to provide a concaved or dished bottom portion adapted to receive and hold any drip water running from the wet clothes placed in the basket, thus preventing such drip water from running out upon the floor;

A further object of the invention is to provide a basket liner of the kind referred to, the same being formed of a blank of flexible material adapted to the shape of the basket, the said blank being cut out triangularly at spaced intervals aroundits margins with the aplces of the triangular cut-outs directed centrally for defining a bottom portion substantially larger than the bottom of the basket which is to receive it, so that whentheresultingmargins of the blank at the cutout portions are drawn up and sewed or stitched together in the form of seams, a liner will be formed which will nicely fit within the basket, covering the bottom thereof with a concaved or dished portion adapted to hold any drip water running from clothes therein, and covering the inner sides of the basket upwardly to and slightly above the top edges thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a flexible basket liner of the kind referred to, the upper margins thereof being turned outwardly and downwardly and stitched down to the body of the liner to form a peripheral hem therearound, and a complemental strip or reinforcing strip of flexible material having its upper margin likewise turned downward, but inwardly, and stitched down to the strip in the form of a hem adapted to align with the out-turned hem of the liner, these two hems of the liner and reiniqrqing the handles therein-between;

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such additional objects andadvantages as may be pointed out in the following specification, attention is called to the accompanying drawing, wherein is illustrated certain preferred embodiments ofthe invention, and wherein:

Figure 1 shows a blank of material as cut out and formed toprovide a liner for a round form of basket.

Figure 2 shows a, blank of material as cut out and formed to provide aliner for an oblong or oval form of basket.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the complemental, reinforcing strip for the upper margin of the liner.

Figure 4 is .a diametrical vertical section through a round form of basket, having a correspondingiy formed linerseated therein.

Figure 5 is a, sectional detail on an enlarged scale, on the line 5-5"of Figure 4. 1

Figure 6 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale, on the line 6-B of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a sectional detail on the line l'l of Figure 5. i

Figure 8 is a longitudinal vertical section through an oblong or oval form of laundry basket, with liner mounted therein.

Figure 9 is a top plan view of the Figure 4.

Figure 10 is a perspective View of a basket showing the liner installed therein.

Figure 11 is a detail view of a perimeteral portion of the liner torn apart to show the manner in which the reinforcing strip is attached thereto.

This invention in the way of a basket liner is designed for and may be applied to any form of basket, but is especially designed for the conventional round and oblong or oval forms of laundry baskets, such as are represented in Figures 3 and 8. In practising the invention for providing liners for these forms of baskets, which baskets are indicated generally at 5 and 5a, I provide blanks of flexible material such as oil-cloth, these said blanks being indicated at 6 and 6a for the round and oblong baskets respectively, and being dimensioned generally to correspond with the size and shape of the baskets.

Triangular gores (not shown) are out out marginally from these blanks, in spaced alignment,

assembly of cut-outsrare regularly spaced :aroundtherblankr.

It is to beparticul'arly noted however," that these triangular cut-outs are shortened for defining a bottom portion 611 and 90 on each blank that is substantially larger than the flat bottom portion of the basket itself, for a reason and purpose-*later to be pointed out.

The adjacent margins of the said triangular cut-outs i and la are drawnupwardlyto'gether, I and are sewed, stitched or otherwise securedtto-agether in the form of spur seams as indicated at 8. Thisform of seam is preferred as being more conveniently' f formed; although of-"course "any other form' "of seam, such" as an" over-lapping seam,'m'ay be employed if preferred; V

The upper margins "of thelin'ers' as thus formed are turned downward outwardlyjand are stitched down to the body 'ofithei lin'ers'forv formingthe peripheral hem 9 of the 'roundandoval-forms oi liners. The? arrangement. and dimensioning of the blanks "are :such'thatthese hems of the completed liners will.stand'slightly above thetop edges of the baskets when'ins'erted'therein,"

superposed long and narrow reinforcing strips it of similar flexible material *areprovided; and the upper margins thereof are turned downward and inwardlyandare stitched downto the body of the strips to 'formthe"inwardly turned hems l I, these strips being just long'enough-to encircle the'upper margins of the'iliners and'of the baskets wherein the-liners are fitted; wit-htheirend *portions overlapping and stitched together'a's-indi catedin Figure 5. 'Tliehems 9, and H, are then turned together exact alignment around the top of the"liners,..'and"arestitched togethercoinpletely there *around'. as "indicated in Figure 8, leaving the skirts of the 'strips'tohang'downoutwardly of the upp'enedges'ofthe' basketsfwhen theliners are seat'edtherein'. However, openings 13 are left between" the" hems" forpassing' the basket handles 5b.

With these"linersforniedas stated; forfitting into any desired form'of,basket,'and"witli the bottom portions of the iiners "formed substantially larger than the flat "bott'omsof thei'ba'skets as also previously pointed out, it is obviousthat when the liners arecfi'tted into the baskets; the

said bottom portions will press or sink downward at the centers, in concaved or basin-like formations, as indicated at M and 14a, thus providing receptacles for any drip water that may run from wet clothes deposited in the baskets.

It is thought that from the foregoing description, the structure and use of the forms of liners shown will be fully understood, and while I have here-shown and described bertain preferred forms andembodiments of thelirivention; the structural features thereof may be changed or modified as desired, within the scope however of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A linerifor the inside of baskets, said liner comprising a blank of flexible material having generally acute angular cut-outs located at spaced intervals about its perimeter with the V apices of the cut-outs directed centrally of the blank .but being substantially spaced fromrthe center of the blank and with the margins of the cut-outs stitched-together to close-said cut-outs; said liner having its "perirneteralmargins aimed outwardly and= downwardly to form a peripheral hem therearound and'a reinforcing strip of flexible material having its upper'margin turned ihwardlyand downwardly to form a hem-exteriorly encircling the-out-turned hein of the liner, said hemsbeing stitche'd to each other and to said liner but the stitching between the'heins "being i left unstitched at perimetera-lly-spaced intervals 2. A liner as set forth in claim- 1 inwhichep posed-segments-of -the blank-between the cutoutsareof substantially equal curvature along theirperimetera-l edges.

HAZEL L. fI'I-IIEHEI'. REFERENCES CITED V t The following references are of record'in the file 'of this patent:

UNITED. STATES: TPAJIENISw Schwarz Jan; 10, 1939 

